Degree By Distance Education

distance education
Distance education, or distance learning, is a field of education that focuses on the pedagogy, technology, and instructional system designs that aim to deliver education to students who are not physically "on site" in a traditional classroom or campus.
Educational situation in which the instructor and students are separated by time, location, or both.
The mode of study for external students.

degree
a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process; "a remarkable degree of frankness"; "at what stage are the social sciences?"
A stage in a scale or series, in particular
academic degree: an award conferred by a college or university signifying that the recipient has satisfactorily completed a course of study; "he earned his degree at Princeton summa cum laude"
A unit of measurement of angles, one three-hundred-and-sixtieth of the circumference of a circle
The amount, level, or extent to which something happens or is present
a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality; "a moderate grade of intelligence"; "a high level of care is required"; "it is all a matter of degree"